SIREN
(some poetics)
Marie Warsh, Shanzhai Lyric, (the voice of)Liliane Lijn, and Quinn Latimer
Géza, 306 Maujer
SIREN (some poetics), the book, is the final iteration of a multifaceted exhibition and publication project guest-curated by writer Quinn Latimer. Having started online in fall 2021, SIREN went on to include a live reading in Amant’s courtyard, a campus-wide group exhibition with 17 cross-generational artists, and an extensive public program in fall and winter. It now comes to a close in our bookstore this spring.
Co-published by Amant and Dancing Foxes Press, the book explores technologies of myth and mouth, earth and alarm. It figures language in manifold forms: score and script, list and litany, epic and essay. All, however, emit and evidence a kind of parapoetics: poetry as opaque metabolic structuring or as some wild surfacing.
The New York launch of the publication will feature Marie Warsh on Bernadette and Rosemary Mayer, Shanzhai Lyric on theft and gender, (the voice of) Liliane Lijn on Crossing Map, and (the voice of) Quinn Latimer on technologies of myth and mouth.
Designed by Gaile Pranckunaite, SIREN (some poetics) features extensive photography by Adrianna Glaviano and texts and artistic contributions by Katja Aufleger, Patricia L. Boyd, Don Mee Choi, Bia Davou, Anaïs Duplan, Ruth Estévez, Sky Hopinka, Quinn Latimer, Liliane Lijn, Bernadette Mayer, Rosemary Mayer, Nour Mobarak, Senga Nengudi, Rivane Neuenschwander, Hana Noorali & Lynton Talbot, Mayra A. Rodríguez Castro, Aura Satz, Ser Serpas, Shanzhai Lyric, Jenna Sutela, Iris Touliatou, Christa Wolf, and Dena Yago.
This event is free and open to the public. RSVPs are encouraged and drop ins welcome.